Case Management

Listen to the Podcast on Case Management.
Read the article about case management. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK14068/
From the podcast and your readings, discuss how a case manager can affect the provision of quality patient care, better patient outcomes, and cost-containment and overall reduction in health care cost.

Reflective Journal: Your Role in Health Promotion and Improving the Quality of Life of the Elderly

Include relevant lessons you have learned from this course such as your role in health promotion and enhancement of the quality of life for your patients, their family and/or caregivers; case management; challenges of a home care professional;  and needed changes in nursing education,  regulatory organizations and government to promote quality patient care in the home and provision of care by highly qualified home health staff. (Submit journal under COMMENTS section).

Reflective Journal: Experience of a New Home Health Nurse

Please Include in your journal what your visit experience was like, what each visit entailed in terms of time management, and prioritizing (length of visit, coordination and collaboration, and chart time), and documents you needed for each visit. What can you do to be more efficient with time management and organization. What type of assistance will you need from your employer? Do you have suggestions or recommendations to streamline the agency's processes to improve efficiency? (Remember to protect rights to privacy and confidentiality). Paste your journal under the COMMENTS section.

January 2011: Case Scenario

A patient is being admitted for home care services due to 3 falls in the past month, uses a four-wheeled walker (FWW), smells strongly of urine, looks disheveled and poorly-groomed. He lives alone. His laundry room is in the basement of his small home. He has a son that visits him about once a week to bring him groceries. He takes Celebrex, Lisinopril, Lasix, Namenda and Prilosec. He is unable to tell you what the medicines are for and if he remembers to take it regularly. Based on the information provided, what diagnoses will you use to justify home care, what services will you provide and why?